Few holiday deep jig trips
Submitted by Deacon on Tue, 2017-04-18 19:07
Managed to sneak an extra week of RnR this swing and managed a few trips off the drop off and also managed some dhuies on the way home enjoy the pics!
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D_d_001
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some great pic and catches.
some great pic and catches.
1st pic : at least you got your jig back !
sea-kem
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Siiiiiick pics boys, thanks
Siiiiiick pics boys, thanks for sharing
Love the West!
Hutch
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Sweet, nice mixed bag. Looks
Sweet, nice mixed bag.
Looks like you can't have been fishing too deep with that outfit
Deacon
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Hutch where fishing 300ms
Hutch where fishing 300ms for the hapuka and have fished to almost 400ms with my slow pitch set up i dont be leave in winching fish on electrics!
Hutch
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Jeez thats a farken good
Jeez thats a farken good effort!
biggerfish
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Thanks for sharing guys.
Thanks for sharing guys. Might have to give the deep jigs a try sometime before I invest in an electric.
What weight jigs do you use in 300m
Play hard fish harder
Deacon
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Using 450-600gm jigs mate
Using 450-600gm jigs mate have used down to 350 but i like them to get down quick and the fish are not super picky
pelagicyachts
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some good wings left on that
some good wings left on that first harpuka -
whats the last fish - have seen a few pics of these before from the deep drop guys - any good to eat?
Alan James
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Last pic is a Black Snoek. From what I have read they do not rate highly as a table fish and have dark red flesh. Might go OK as a bait though.
pelagicyachts
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thanks Alan - looks like it
thanks Alan - looks like it would be quite oily, which may lend itself to smoking
Alan James
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I believe they are oily as you suggest. They are related to the escolars and oilfish which contain laxative properties so some caution with respect to how much you ate would be advised. Reports from people who have filletted them say they are very bony.
pelagicyachts
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laxative properties....
haha - yep trap for beginners there!
Deleted
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Niceeeee
Niceeeee